Haitian people are people of hope. They hope for a better future. The church has lost everything that it has; all the buildings are down. In all this, at the site of churches, you can go every Sunday and find many people gathered for worship. The church is there even though there are no buildings. We are there, the people are there.
…it’s not a matter of acquiescing to a more inclusive future for the sake of those who have been on the outside. It is rather a matter of embracing opportunities that give us all a future as a community – a community of mystery and reason, of determined commitment and unconditional love.
The Department of Homeland Security recently gave Haitians living in the United States prior to the Jan. 12 earthquake permission to apply for Temporary Protected Status, which would allow them to obtain 18-month work visas.
The Rev. Mary E. Haddad told her congregation at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Beverly Hills: “Remember the Sabbath and keep it aerobic.”
“I think we use them too often and too reflexively, and often when we do use them, there are probably better phrases.”
It’s a hard road to the Final Four. The winner may not be your team, but if you pick it right, you can help direct money to the MDG-affiliated organization of your choice.
The heads of several denominations in Uganda have called the bill “unwarranted” and “unnecessary.” Is that politically savvy or politically submissive?
Here’s a neat trick: We’ve been adding diocesan Facebook pages as well as those of cathedrals, bishops, and Episcopal-related nonprofit organizations to our “favorite pages.”
Union members of the national church office staff demonstrated at Church House in Westminster, and at Lambeth.
Grant that he may grow in wisdom and grace, and strengthen his trust in your goodness all the days of his life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.